scope:

Purpose. To establish an overarching Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) continuity and contingency planning and sustainment program to ensure BUPERS codes and subordinate activities develop and maintain a continuity of operations (COOP) plan, business continuity plans (BCPs), a disaster recovery plan (DRP), and information system contingency plans (ISCPs). The development of these plans is necessary to ensure BUPERS and its subordinate commands are prepared to support and or perform Department of Navy 9DON) mission essential functions (MEFs) and to facilitate business continuity during recovery from disruptive event, up to the time when the organization returns to normal operations. It is important to note that there are numerous types of plans associated with supporting the recovery from a disruptive event; this instruction is focused on the plans that address the ability to support MEFs (the COOP plan), to perform other important, but less critical business processes (a BCP), to reconstitute information systems (IS) at an alternate location (the DRP), and the requirements and procedures to recover a single information system (an ISCP).

Applicability. Continuity and contingency planning is applicable to all BUPERS codes and subordinate activities.